在音乐剧系, 学生们掌握了三种不同的讲故事方式:声音, 跳舞, 和代理.
While many graduates of The Academy attend highly regarded BFA conservatory programs in musical theatre or acting, others choose to pursue their training in academic BA programs at liberal arts colleges.
A broad sampling of recent 音乐剧 graduates’ college placements include, 但不限于, 西北大学, 纽约大学, AMDA, 卡内基梅隆大学, 明尼苏达大学格思里分校, 爱默生, 曼哈顿音乐学院, 斯坦福大学, 普林斯顿大学, 查普曼, 新学派, 波士顿音乐学院, 卡尔艺术, 印第安纳州, 伊利诺斯州卫斯理, 南加州大学, 伯克利音乐学院, 罗斯福, 哥伦比亚大学芝加哥, 韦伯斯特, 宾夕法尼亚州立大学, 和谢南多厄河谷.
音乐剧学生由芝加哥的专业人士教授, working out in the city on their own art as they impart wisdom to students based on their own professional training 和 experience. 除了系的固定教员, a rotating roster of guest artists means that the lighting designer or choreographer of the fall show is working with Academy students in between gigs at any of Chicago’s most reputable 和 innovative professional theaters.
音乐剧专业学生, 表现是学习的关键部分, 学生有充足的机会. 该部门每年制作四到五部主要的舞台表演, including two musical theatre productions 和 several plays as part of our annual Shakespeare Festival in collaboration with the 剧院 Department.
最近的音乐剧作品包括 春天的觉醒, 小夜曲, 九个, 合唱的台词, 走进森林, 神魂颠倒, 彭赞斯海盗, 星期天和乔治在公园, 一个无足轻重的人, 任何事情都可能发生, 埃德温·德鲁德之谜, 和 我们快乐地前进. 我们最近的莎士比亚节的标题包括 威尼斯商人, 《辛白林》, 《大发彩票平台》, 冬天的故事, 皆大欢喜, 罗密欧与朱丽叶, 尤利乌斯•凯撒, 第十二夜, 哈姆雷特, 和 麦克白.
外展
此外,该署亦会制作一些作品,供市民在社区内执行. 在过去的两年里, 音乐剧 seniors produced 和 toured the 剧院 for Young Audiences musical Seussical, 和莎士比亚的 《仲夏夜之梦.
更多大发彩票平台音乐剧系的信息
Read our interview with Academy Alum 和 2023 Gala Emcee, Ally Ahern (音乐剧 ‘17)
Read our interview with Emma Thatcher (音乐剧 ‘10) 和 Sarah Franke (媒体艺术 ‘11)
一小队教员开始了为期两天的演习, 400英里的商队, stopping at each senior’s home to h和-deliver diplomas 和 personally applaud each graduate. 祝贺2020届毕业生!
Justin Tranter featured in TIME, Billboard, BuzzFeed 和 more for new song "H和s."
教师
The general goal of the private 的声音 lesson is to oversee a student’s artistic progress by guiding that student in developing practice skills, 一个坚实的技术,支持广泛的风格, 以及适当的朗诵, 竞争, 试听曲目. Students will study both classical 和 musical theatre repertoire—including the songs that they are assigned in Studio.
Voice Repertoire is a student’s opportunity to perform repertoire in front of their peers 和 work on putting technique into practice. 理论既可以单独教授,也可以与我们的日常学习结合起来教授.
Our musical theatre program is one of the only in the country where our students study 跳舞 in the 跳舞 department, 我们很享受这样做的特权. 大一和大二的学生选修芭蕾, 爵士乐, 现代阶级, 和 all students will be placed in 跳舞 class during the first week of classes. 另外, our students take a weekly 音乐剧 跳舞 Repertoire class where they learn classic 音乐剧 跳舞s from great choreographers like Jerome Robbins 和 Bob Fosse.
音乐剧工作室 class is the centerpiece of our department's curriculum 和 the place where students will bring together not only the skills they are working in acting, 跳舞, 还有声音课, but also where they build their content knowledge 和 underst和ing of the art form overall. It is essential for our students to gain a thorough underst和ing of the history of the art form: the shows, 创意团队, 以及每个历史时代对这一类型的影响. 大一新生修读“音乐剧工作室一”. 二、三年级选修“音乐剧工作室II”. 高年级学生参加“高年级学习”,其中包含了这两个方面的元素.
*课程名称反映2017-2018年新生的成绩单.
代理 focuses on building the skills for storytelling that an actor will bring to a text, but it also gives the student an experience of applying those skills to a specific period style of material. 每年, students work with both contemporary 和 period styles of material with a focus on each for a semester. A key component of this class is building a keen sense of ensemble 和 partnership with fellow actors. 不同的课程可能侧重于表演的不同元素, 喜欢运动, 的声音, 和文本. The work of our acting classes includes the study of playwrights including Tennessee Williams, 奥斯卡•王尔德, 安东·契诃夫, 约翰·帕特里克·香利, 托尼•库什纳, 诺埃尔•科沃德, 和大卫·林赛·阿贝尔. 大一新生上“表演导论”. Sophomores 和 juniors are split between "Intermediate 代理" 和 "Advanced 代理". 高年级学生选修“高级表演”.